Shoulder Problems?? This will fix it!!!

Ok this little exercise will fix 90% of your shoulder problems........if done often and w correct form

1. Take a broom stick handle (or something like it).

2. Hold it at ur thighs w your hands spread apart on it.

3. Slowly raise it up towards the sky (DO NOT BEND YOUR ELBOWS)

4. Continue with that motion and bring it all the way behind your back and down towards your butt

5. Now bring it all the way back from your back and up and
back to the starting position

*Try to scoot your hands as close as possible w out cheating. After a few days it will become very easy to move your hands closer
*Do not bend ur elbows and cheat at any time
*Taking it to the back and back to the starting position is 1 rep. Try to do about 25-50 reps perday or every other day
*The first couple times will be tough

I've used this stretch a few times previously with varying amounts of success. One key to performing it correctly is to go slow, especially through any sticking points that you find. The girl in the video obviously has very healthy/flexible shoulders. If I perform the exercise anywhere near that fast, I get alot of popping and clicking in my right shoulder (bad one) and it tends to aggravate it worse than it was before. I can't keep my hands nearly that close together either. I've found the easiest thing to use to perform the exercise is a very thick piece of rope, balled up on one end. The broomstick is hard on the hands/wrists/elbows when you start to move your hands closer together, but the rope is much less painful to use.

The exercise helps for sure, but for me hasn't magically cured anything. Lately I've been loosening up my shoulder with a foam roller, and that has helped immensely in easing up the impingement in the joint. Currently I perform the exercise in the video, foam/pvc pipe rolling (painful as hell), rotator exercises, take various joint care supplements and utilize tiger balm after this routine on the bad shoulder in a comprehensive rehabilitation program. I've not been able to completely loosen up my shoulder as of yet to ease the impingement fully, I suspect I'll be trying out ART treatment down the road for the first time.

I've used this stretch a few times previously with varying amounts of success. One key to performing it correctly is to go slow, especially through any sticking points that you find. The girl in the video obviously has very healthy/flexible shoulders. If I perform the exercise anywhere near that fast, I get alot of popping and clicking in my right shoulder (bad one) and it tends to aggravate it worse than it was before. I can't keep my hands nearly that close together either. I've found the easiest thing to use to perform the exercise is a very thick piece of rope, balled up on one end. The broomstick is hard on the hands/wrists/elbows when you start to move your hands closer together, but the rope is much less painful to use.

The exercise helps for sure, but for me hasn't magically cured anything. Lately I've been loosening up my shoulder with a foam roller, and that has helped immensely in easing up the impingement in the joint. Currently I perform the exercise in the video, foam/pvc pipe rolling (painful as hell), rotator exercises, take various joint care supplements and utilize tiger balm after this routine on the bad shoulder in a comprehensive rehabilitation program. I've not been able to completely loosen up my shoulder as of yet to ease the impingement fully, I suspect I'll be trying out ART treatment down the road for the first time.

Hey thanks, I am going add this to my shoulder excercises. Been on a heavy strength program for several months, and finally pushed a little too far. Now I am pretty much on a shoulder rehab and legs program. lol. Sucks.

If I am not mistaken this stretch is part of the "Frozen Shoulder" rehabiliation program. If you google that, you will come up with the whole program which is pretty good. Another amazing rehab. program is the Thrower's Ten

When I first started working out, my progress was constantly stalled by shoulder probs. I do this exercise periodically, learned about it from DC. It is very effective. I haven't had shoulder probs in at least 18 months. If it starts to flare up at all I start this and I'm back to 100% w/in 1-2 sessions.

Ok this little exercise will fix 90% of your shoulder problems........if done often and w correct form

1. Take a broom stick handle (or something like it).

2. Hold it at ur thighs w your hands spread apart on it.

3. Slowly raise it up towards the sky (DO NOT BEND YOUR ELBOWS)

4. Continue with that motion and bring it all the way behind your back and down towards your butt

5. Now bring it all the way back from your back and up and
back to the starting position

*Try to scoot your hands as close as possible w out cheating. After a few days it will become very easy to move your hands closer
*Do not bend ur elbows and cheat at any time
*Taking it to the back and back to the starting position is 1 rep. Try to do about 25-50 reps perday or every other day
*The first couple times will be tough

One thing that I see as missing from the description is to keep the shoulders back as much as possible while doing this. This may not be an issue for people with proper shoulder alignment, but for myself is paramount. My shoulders tend to slump forward, so I've been recently focussing on shoulder retraction, during the day, when walking, when exercising, and particularly when performing this stretch. For me personally, the stretch seems all the more effective if I really focus on squeezing my shoulderblades together all throughout the movement. I suffer from shoulder impingement syndrome, and I am beginning to suspect that it is mostly because of the slumped nature of my shoulders. If I fail to keep my shoulders back when doing this stretch, pressing, opening doors, etc. I tend to notice alot of clicking, and pain when the shoulder is loaded with any amount of weight.

The following is an excellent article focussing on activation of the rhomboid muscles. It was an eye opener for myself, and I hope is something that helps me finally fix a longstanding bad shoulder.